Conscience: What It Is, How to Train It, and Loving Those Who Differ by Andy Naselli and J. D. Crowley

I recently finished reading Conscience: What It Is, How to Train It, and Loving Those Who Differ by Andy Naselli and J. D. Crowley.
While I really enjoyed the entire book, these quotes in particular stood out to me.

"The conscience is a gift for your good and joy, and it is something that God—not your mother or father or anyone else—gave you."
(Kindle edition, page 25)

"Conscience is all about right or wrong, black or white. It doesn’t do gray scale very well. It doesn’t nuance."
(Kindle edition, page 25)

"Because conscience wants to make such stark pronouncements, it is of utmost importance that you align your personal conscience standards with what God considers right and wrong, not just with human opinion. Otherwise, your conscience will pronounce guilty verdicts on matters of mere opinion."
(Kindle edition, page 26)

"You cannot, must not, force others to adopt your conscience standards."
(Kindle edition, page 26)

"As we come to understand God’s revealed will more and more, we will have opportunities to add rules to our conscience that God’s Word clearly teaches and weed out rules that God’s Word treats as optional. This will take a lifetime, but we have the Spirit of God, the Word of God, and the church of God to help us."
(Kindle edition, page 28)

"Of all the principles related to conscience, two rise to the top: (1) God is the only Lord of conscience, and (2) you should always obey your conscience."
(Kindle edition, page 30)

"Whenever 'obey conscience!' collides with 'obey God!,' 'obey God!' must come out on top—every time."
(Kindle edition, page 31)

"As a general rule, you should assume that your conscience is reliable, even if it isn’t perfect. And since conscience is usually right, the Bible says that we should do what our conscience says until we are convinced from Scripture that it needs adjusting."
(Kindle edition, page 60)

"We must never allow the conscience of others to determine our own conscience. But we must always consider the conscience of others when we determine our own actions."
(Kindle edition, page 111)


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